$299 for a Generation 3 Starlink.
Doesn't look like JB, HN or Bunnings have price matched (yet).
$139 per month for the Starlink Residential. $195 for Roaming (it's just gone up from $174).
Offer Ends 12th of October.
Referral solicitation removed — Mod
The referrer and referee receives bonus credit for a month of standard service, 30 days after the referee activates and keeps their Starlink. Referrals will only issue credits to Standard Plan (Residential) and Mobile Regional (Roam) subscriptions. Kits purchased from a retailer or reseller are not eligible for the referral program. No credit will be given even if a referral link was used during activation.
i know you try to be funny but i would still want to know why and what you want to achieve to bring this to china.
ps: you can just turn on international roaming on your local service…that doesnt get filtered by the great all
But with this stuff friends can share access to X ins fb etc…
just use vpn?
Just set up an VPN or roaming before you go.
No. Starlink is not available in China - https://www.starlink.com/au/map
Even if you do and use the "Global Roaming" (which is like $300 a month), it is only for a short time. Starlink are cracking down on Global Roaming in a specific country for a long period of time. More info here and here
Noticed. Thanks for sharing these important info.
Correction for Global Roaming - $670 a month!
Global Roam
Use Starlink at any location on land across the globe with active service coverage. Pause and un-pause at any time. Service will be deprioritized behind Residential and Priority customers and can result in slower speeds during times of peak usage, and use is not permitted for use on the ocean. Metered Mobile Priority data, with high-speed, ocean access, can be purchased by the GB on this plan. By switching to a mobile plan, you may not be able to change back to the Residential plan at your address.
$670.00 /Month
Don't worry about China. With the Ministry of Truth coming down under, you will need one here soon.
Keep in mind though, that where Starlink services/operates as per their map, they need to comply with any Government laws and ISP rules. Just because it is a satellite service doesn't mean that any laws/rules do not apply.
Are you sure you are safe to go through customs?
FML, I just paid $629 to get one delivered 2 weeks ago.
Return it for a full refund, order another in your wife/husband/gf/bf/dog/cat/fish's name
/dog/cat/fish's name
how dare you forgot hamster
And before that, I paid I think $899 for what was Gen2 at the time. fml
I am currently on FTTC, Starlink Residential or FTTP is the way to go?
Go FTTP.
Starlink is only good if you are on NBN FW/Satelitte or maybe FTTN. But if you have FTTC or FTTP, go down that path.
FTTP is a no brainer.
FTTP
How can data signals travelling to and from low earth orbit faster and more stable than hard wired fiber optic cable on earth.
While the bandwidth may sound good, the latency is terrible, no go if anyone in your household do online gaming.
If it were $100/m I'd consider it over FTTP due to crappy entitled ISPs that provide"best effort" service when they feel like it.
Digo Blue makes a good point though
Irrespective of technological comparisons, $100 would definitely be a sweet spot. Though that may mean it becomes oversubscribed, catch-22.
FTTP is cheaper and better in every way. Leave Starlink for people that actually need it.
What's the practical difference between residential and roam? (i.e. what's stopping someone from taking the residential plan to roam?)
Residential - Locked to an address location
Roam - You can go anywhere in the country.
What's stopping someone from taking the residential plan to roam
Nothing. But sometimes you cannot go from Roam back to Residential.
There's no hardware difference isn't it? So the residential plan is software locked to just a location?
There is 0 hardware difference. I had a Gen 2 and moved from Roam to Residential as a failover at home. I now have a Gen 3 on Roaming (bought in the June $359 hardware sale). The Residential Plan is just GPS-locked to the location. There is no software locked.
It is just software/server side enforcement. You can change plans. They will disconnect you when they detect a fixed service has moved location.
139 per month is pretty expensive compared to Home 5G broadband these days. If it came down to 100 p/m, Id sub.
If you can get NBN FTTC/FTTP or even Home 5G, then you are in a good area that isn't targetted for Starlink. Starlink is usually for regional areas with no Home 5G available or using NBN FW/Satellite looking for a more reliable service.
Only because Starlink is targeting those people with its pricing. It changes its pricing around the world - e.g. in Italy it's 29 Euros/month for a lower speed plan and 40 Euros/m for the standard residential plan.
I moved from Telstra 5G home due to constant drop outs and having to put the 5G modem in a specific place within the house due to where the best signal. I always had problems at 9-10pm at night.
$139 is expensive, I can't wait for December 2025 when they move my area from rubbish FTTN to FTTP.
Irrespective of technological comparisons, $100 would definitely be a sweet spot. Though that may mean it becomes oversubscribed, catch-22.
They could decrease the bandwidth to 100mbits.
Getting 142 up and 7 down on NBN FW and just not sure starlink is worth the extra $50 a month… as tempting as it is.
Exactly what my Dad says and he gets 50/15 on FW. But he steals my roaming kit when the power goes out and NBN FW goes down.
I get about 250/20 on Starlink typically. Can go as high as 350 sometimes.
A friend just paid full price a few weeks ago, anyone contacted support and requested any sort of compensation?
if your in the return window (30 days from memory) then chances are they will look after you with a credit
Can I use this on cruises?
Some cruises have starlink already, worth looking it up
You would need Boam Roaming Plan and you would need to check with the Cruise Company, not sure if they would allow it.
Can also use the $80 50GB roam plan now on all hardware if your only using it for a weekender camping etc
Yes.
We are with Opticom and having outage almost weekly. This will be a good alternative option.
100% would be.
I have one I bought from HN and is still in the box, I don't need it anymore but don't know how to sell it
Facebook and/or Gumtree.
Telstra has a starlink plan for $124 per month. The speed is capped at 50up/10down.
For those on NBN satellite or FW looking for a replacement on a budget, this might be a bit more platable.
You can buy this discounted kit and transfer your subscription to Telstra.
Why give the parasites even more $$$ , in a format where they did zero heavy lifting?
Telstra has a starlink plan for $124 per month. The speed is capped at 50up/10down.
highway robbery
Better to go to Starlink directly. Because Telstra won't be able to fix any Starlink issue itself and they rarely have outages. They are a lot quicker than NBN in resolving issues and I can only remember 1 major outage in the last 12 months which was 1 hour in length.
You are paying Telstra for pretty much nothing but feeding their pockets. If you are on Starlink, you will rarely have to reach out to support.
Literally bought this yesterday from JB with a discount and $30 perks came to $523.
Hopefully they price match today so I have a decent argument to get the difference refunded.
Does it stay on the price you signed up with or increase over time
It can increase. Roam just increased for me from $174 to $195. More can be found at https://www.starlinkhardware.com/starlink-roam-just-got-upda… (US based, but just an example)
History shows its increased in price.
Yes, I haven't seen the residential increase. But roaming has as of today.
Seen more price increases in other countries than in AU.
That $80 50GB roam plan is actually really tempting from an occasional camping perspective. Does anyone know if I use a remote machine RDP or whatever does is help address the limited included data? and what are the additional data costs?
Does anyone know if I use a remote machine RDP
Yes, if you have a VPN and then RDP into the other machine, yes. I've done it. VPN into my home router and then RDP into my desktop.
what are the additional data costs?
Cannot find anything in concrete, but it is about $2 US. $3.19 per GB for priority, so I would assume it would be less of over-data usage. But could still add up.
I know it costs more than my fttn but NBN prices keep going up and my line rate is fixed at 60/20 due to "quality" NBN lines. Yes, starlink costs more but I'd be getting more speed to browse ozbargain.
I am in the same boat - an hour north of Sydney but stuck on FTTN with no update planned. I get 58/18 on NBN. Software engineer working from home - it is painful.
Move to Starlink, it'll be better than that. I was on same FTTN in Warragul VIC, moved to Starlink - Happier than ever and I work in Web Development Full Time WFH.
Waiting for the Mini to come down then im in!
100%. $799 is expensive, rumour was it was going to be cheaper than a main kit, but it has been the opposite!
Can I buy one and bring it to China? Is it possible to pass the great firewall?